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Hey nice journal man. I'm also Chinese and our skin looks very similar. Is your skin the oily type, or is it the dry and flaky type? And depending on your answer, is that why you decided to buy aha and jojoba oil?

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Hey nice journal man. I'm also Chinese and our skin looks very similar. Is your skin the oily type, or is it the dry and flaky type? And depending on your answer, is that why you decided to buy aha and jojoba oil?

Hey Tingmothy,

My Skin is was oily, like I'm talking flood gate of oil oily. Everyone always said, just try using more moisturiser and your skin will stop producing so much oil. Kinda made sense, but my own laziness got the better of me, and I never really used moisturiser.

So this time around, going through the Regimen for a second try (this time following the steps exactly), I found that the 2 pumps of moisturiser really does help me control my oil. It brought down the "oilyness" level dramatically.

Another thing that helped me too, was cutting out foods/drinks that had high amounts of processed sugar. I read a few topics on the health section and livestrong.com as well.

So to answer your question, I bought the Acne.org kit, to be rid of the consistent breakouts, but I figured I'd try the AHA & Jojoba oil that was part of the kit since I bought it already.

And boy am I glad I did!

Day 17

1 Pump Cleanser

1+1/2 Pump BP

2 Pumps Moisturiser + 4 drops Jojoba (in the PM I use 6 drops)

Note

Skin is flaking, forehead, temples, neck areas.

There is dead skin on my face, that is dry, but I am just resisting scratching or touching them.

Stingy feeling is still present, getting a little more stingy now when I apply BP.

Eyes are adjusted to BP, I find my eyes don't sting anymore.

The new breakout on my left Temple is, still kinda in the hurting stage. I can see BP in action, although there is something weird. Now when I have new breakouts, they go away faster, but they also heal differently. The whole pimple turns pink (like new skin pink) and starts to flatten out and fade within a week or two. My old pimples left dark red spots that took years to fade...)

Diet

Same same, sticking to it!

Photo: A bit sweaty today, had to run around (office errands).

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Thanks for the response. Yea my skin is really oily as well. Every time after I eat a meal, my face would "feel" oily. I guess I will try to use more moisturizer, as I thought moisturizer was used only to combat dry skin to make it moist. But I didn't know moisturizer reduces oil? That's really interesting. I'll be doing more research.

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Thanks for the response. Yea my skin is really oily as well. Every time after I eat a meal, my face would "feel" oily. I guess I will try to use more moisturizer, as I thought moisturizer was used only to combat dry skin to make it moist. But I didn't know moisturizer reduces oil? That's really interesting. I'll be doing more research.

From digging around, the general consensus seems to be:

If you have over-oily skin, it may be because you're under-moisturising, and your face is making oil to compensate

You may want to try moisturising more for at least a week, (gives your face time to adjust) and see if your face is producing less oil or not.

It seems the "moisturising more" for oily faces technique, doesn't work for everyone, but it seems to have helped a lot of people bring their oilyness levels back down to normal.

Day 17

1 Pump Cleanser

1+1/2 Pump BP

2 Pumps Moisturiser + 4 drops Jojoba (in the PM I use 6 drops)

Notes

Flaking at a much more noticeable level, my whole face is flaking.

Moisturiser is helping keep it under control, but when I'm doing the Regimen, and waiting for my face to dry, WOW it's SO FLAKY!

BP does sting a lot more when applying at this stage.

I feel my skin is more sensitive to sun now. (Makes sense, since old skin is flaking and new skin is emerging)

Eye stinging is completely gone

The pimple that was on my forehead. that I thought was clear, is actually only now in the late stages of death. Turning dark and probably leaving a spot while it's at it. >.< I guess I'll expect the same on my left temple as well.

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For now, sorry to say, leave the skin to fall off for now. Try to touch or make contact with your face as little as possible for the first month. The skin can get really messed up easy since it's going through it adjustment to the BP. I ruined two shirts too! Cotton cloths just ask to be bleached. Wear an ugly junk shirt during the regimen. i hope this helps. :3

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Day 22 (I got my days mixed up, I recounted from Sep 05, today is the 22nd day on the Regimen)

1 Pump Cleanser

1+1/2 Pump BP

1+1/2 Pumps Moisturiser + 6 drops Jojoba

(Lowered my moisturiser because I sleep with a humidifier on now...winter..., I'll bump it back up if I feel excessively dry)

Notes

F-L-A-K-E-Y

(picture is kind of grainy, iPhone 4 front camera, what can I do...0.o)

For now, sorry to say, leave the skin to fall off for now. Try to touch or make contact with your face as little as possible for the first month. The skin can get really messed up easy since it's going through it adjustment to the BP. I ruined two shirts too! Cotton cloths just ask to be bleached. Wear an ugly junk shirt during the regimen. i hope this helps. :3

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My neck seems to need some healing time. It's been so dry, and so cracked from BP, that I can't move my head to check for on-coming cars properly when driving. So I thought I'd cut back on BP for a few days and just use a LOT of Moisturiser & Jojoba

I'll add BP again, but in super small amounts and start upping it at a different level than my face.

Notes

[*]All I can say is just wow. The flakey-ness is pretty crazy.

[*]There is discolouration in my skin now. I hope it evens out. Once old skin flakes off, the skin underneath is not as dark as the old skin... I have spots~

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Hey man, congratulations on your results, your skin is looking great! I've been following the regimen for about 18 days now or so, and I'm seeing an improvement as well. I have a couple questions for you if you don't mind.. First off I haven't introduced Jojoba oil into my regimen yet.. what effects have you noticed the Jojoba oil made on your skin? Also it appears you keep a close shave from your pictures, how do you go about shaving do you use the cleanser as shaving cream? It seems the only time I break out anymore is from shaving I usually get 1-2 pimples a day after I shave on my jawline not anything big just tiny ones. I appreciate any feedback you have for me man, and hope you continue to see good results.

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Hey man, congratulations on your results, your skin is looking great! I've been following the regimen for about 18 days now or so, and I'm seeing an improvement as well. I have a couple questions for you if you don't mind.. First off I haven't introduced Jojoba oil into my regimen yet.. what effects have you noticed the Jojoba oil made on your skin? Also it appears you keep a close shave from your pictures, how do you go about shaving do you use the cleanser as shaving cream? It seems the only time I break out anymore is from shaving I usually get 1-2 pimples a day after I shave on my jawline not anything big just tiny ones. I appreciate any feedback you have for me man, and hope you continue to see good results.

Thanks Tommy, appreciate it!

"...what effects have you noticed the Jojoba oil made on your skin?"

Keeps flakes under control

BP dries out my face a LOT, the moisturiser puts moisture back, and I think, and this is really just what I noticed, Jojoba feels like it sticks to the surface of my skin and acts as a barrier, holding the moisture in. So at the end of the work day, my skin isn't totally dried out again.

Again, I could be totally wrong on how everything works together, but this is my initial impression.

​Shaving

I clean my face with cleanser

I pat dry like in the regimen, but I leave the areas that need to be shaved wet/moist.

I then use a few drops of shaving oil (www.groominglounge.com) from their kit, and work it in gently to my facial hair. You can also use Jojoba oil, but I like grooming lounges oil a little better.

Then I apply a small amount of shaving cream (not foam, just regular cream from grooming lounge's kit again).

Lastly I shave with a safety razor, (the stainless steel ones with a single blade)

I've found shaving to be a LOT less problematic, and quite enjoyable now after switching away from the terrible creams/foams + disposable plastic razors that populate most of the shelf space in my local department store.

Hope that helps!

*** Couldn't access Acne.org last Friday for some reason. My computer just flat out refused to load the webpage...><, I am going to be posting Day 24(friday) + Day 27(today).

Day 24

1 Pump Cleanser

1+1/2 Pump BP

1+1/2 Pumps Moisturiser + 6 drops Jojoba

No BP on neck last night and this morning again.

Notes

I thought I had an idea how bad the flaking was going to get. I was wrong.

I am fine throughout the day, but past 12hour mark I get dried out & itchy.

It's a bit frustrating, I work 10 hour days usually + workout time. By the time I'm done with a workday, I'm way past the 12 hour mark where I should be doing the PM Regimen. I think that accounts for the really itchy neck I get.

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Yes, but it's very much calmed down since teen years. I get one every now and again.

Day 28

1 Pump Cleanser

1+1/2 Pump BP

2 Pumps Moisturiser + 6 drops Jojoba

Note

So I have to admit to a mistake. I gave into the temptation to use a mild micro scrub exfoliator. It was on my sink, and I was tired of this crazy flakey-ness, thought maybe if I scrub off some of this excess dead skin, it will improve the looks of it.

BAD IDEA: Yes Stardust, I should have listened. But I guess I'm really the type that has to try it out before drawing any conclusions.

If anything, my face felt nice immediately after the scrub, but MAN OH MAN, 5 minutes afterwards, my face felt like it was turning to stone. It actually increased the flaking like tenfold.

Sticking to the Regimen, and not deviating, good lord, it was terrible.

Flaking

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Thanks for your feedback to my questions i appreciate it. I'm going to start experimenting with the Jojoba oil, and will change up my shave method. As for your flakes maybe you could think about lowering the dose of BP it doesn't really seem like your breaking out anymore so you may not need as large of an amount anymore.

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Thanks for your feedback to my questions i appreciate it. I'm going to start experimenting with the Jojoba oil, and will change up my shave method. As for your flakes maybe you could think about lowering the dose of BP it doesn't really seem like your breaking out anymore so you may not need as large of an amount anymore.

I thought about this as well. I've never reached the full dosage of 2 pumps. I don't break out that much anymore, so I'm wondering if I should even bother dosing up to the full 2 pumps at all.

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I updated my first post with a picture. I didn't take a lot of pics back then, so this was when it was bad, but not out of control yet. It got worse for about a year or so after that. Then I guess I grew out of the hyper-acne spurt.